ANKUR Nursery School was formally inaugurated by Mrs. Jatti (wife of the then Vice- President of India) on March 3rd 1976. The school was started with the help of Student's Aid society of Panjab University and has grown under the guidance of successive chairmanship of Mrs.Mohini Suraj Bhan (wife of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. Suraj Bhan), Mrs. Bimla Paul(wife of the then Vice Chancellor,Prof .R .C .Paul ), Dr.( Mrs). S.Bambah,( wife of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. R.P. Bambah, ) Mrs. Sheela Kapur,( wife of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. T. N. Kapur), Dr.( Mrs.) Rashmi Sudha Puri(wife of the then Vice Chancellor,Prof. M. M. Puri), Mrs. K. Pathak( wife of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. K. N. Pathak), and now Dr.(Mrs.) Vipin Sobti wife of Prof .R.C. Sobti, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University,Chandigarh. It has since come a long way in establishing itself as one of the pioneer preparatory schools of the City Beautiful. All the members of the managing committee are honorary members.

From the year 2005 Ankur Primary School, adjacent to Ankur Nursery School has started functioning where Class I to IX are currently being held. From the session 2013-2014, Class X will be introduced in the school.

In this school, education is imparted in an informal way. The main focus is on developing the personality of the child in totality rather than only learning from books .They learn at their own pace through trial and error, exploration and activity.

The School understands that cheerfulness and happiness in the child come as a result of the security and confidence, the teachers provide to the child. Thus each child is treated as a special individual and the affection and attention bestowed by the teacher encourages him/her to trust her and come happily to the school every day. To facilitate this approach of the School, teacher- student ratio is kept at 1:30.

During the past 35 years of journey, Ankur School has stood the test of time, has built a fair name and has established itself as an institution worthy of trust. Today it stands proud and tall for having transformed so many young lives. Ankur’s journey so far has been really satisfying. The kind of trust reposed in the honesty of its efforts by the people at every step of its journey has been highly inspiring and heart warming.

Ankur is an effort for the well-being of all especially children without any consideration of caste, creed and colour. ‘Ankur’ is not a mere name tag. It is the courier of ethos and outlook that the institution stands for. It is a powerful mission statement of the institution.

· Where every child is loved and cared for.

· Where every child grows without fear or favour.

· Where every child’s inherent potential and in born goodness are brought into play to make him tall in success and tall in human values.

· Where institution’s name and its secular environment inspires for all cultures and faiths.

· Where techers are more like models/ guides/friends, rather than trainers and instructors.

· Where expectations of parents are respected and their opinions received with ever-open mind.

50% of students are children of the University Employees. Brother-sister fee concession facility is given to the students to make the parents more comfortable. To ensure the complete development of the children, Ankur School encourages the students to take part in various co-curricular activities held in school such as music, dance, arts and sports. The campus of Ankur School is well equipped with the modern infrastructural facilities such as spacious ventilated class rooms with the latest teaching aids, rich library, computer lab, science lab and playground. The school has magnificent building surrounded with green trees. Noise and air pollution free environment adds to the beauty of the school.

The school aims at the all round development of students enabling them to the spiritually oriented, morally upright, intellectually well informed, socially concerned, nationally conscious and appreciative of their culture. It also aims at making them emotionally balanced and physically well developed persons.